firedog advisor

from Circuit City

What is firedog advisor?

Firedog Advisor was part of the support service offered by Circuit City. Circuit City's single brand approach for computer repair/setup/upgrades(on-line, in-home, and in-store).

Overview

It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The setup package generally installs about 17 files and is usually about 16.41 MB (17,206,123 bytes).

Automatically starts with Windows

Installs a Windows Service

Program details

Displayed publisher: Microsoft Corporation

URL: www.microsoft.com

Help link: www.firedog.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\firedog advisor\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{9EE04322-6399-4010-83C1-67BC022B9BE8}

(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)